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Gustavo

Boy's name · #625 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave

Popularity over time

Gustavo's best rank, #260, came in 2000; it has settled back to #625 today. Roughly 40,000 boys have been named Gustavo since 1911.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 27 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#113 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #127 in Mexico (2024) · #239 in Ecuador (2025) · #555 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,320 in France (2025).

Famous Gustavos

• Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer — Spanish poet
• Gustavo Petro — Colombian politician (born 1960)
• Gustavo Kuerten — Brazilian tennis player
• Gustavo Zapata — Argentine association football player
• Gustavo Gutiérrez — Peruvian theologian (1928–2024)

In stories & tradition

• Gustavo (Gus Fring) — Breaking Bad (TV series)
• Gustavo Garian^it — Diabolik (comics)
• Gustavo — Gustavo III (musical stage work)

What Gustavos become

Among 1,953 notable people named Gustavo:

Sports figures appear 1.46× more often than among typical names — e.g. Gustavo Kuerten, Brazilian tennis player.

Similar names: Enrique · Gus · Rodrigo · Guillermo · Gerardo · Eduardo

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